1st Edition

Active Landscape Photography Methods for Investigation

By Anne Godfrey Copyright 2023
178 Pages 128 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 128 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 128 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

How can photography be transformed into an active process of investigation for landscape architecture and environmental design? The second book in Godfrey’s series, Active Landscape Photography , presents engaged photographic methods that turn photography into a rigorous, thoughtful endeavor for the research, planning and design of landscape places. Photography is the most ubiquitous and... Read more

Introduction; Terms, Assumptions and Concepts; Part I: Methods; Method 1 Slowing Down; Method 2 Limits; Method 3 Asking Questions; Method 4 Not Photographing; Method 5 Quick Simple Things; Method 6 Frame: Reframe; Method 7 Compositional Sets: Horizon Line, Focal Point, Near and Far; Method 8 Changing Point of View: Imagining and Embodying; Method 9 Photographing What Someone Else Sees; Method 10 Casual Composition: Note-Taking; Method 11 Time With Photographs; Method 12 Significance of the Unphotographed; Part II: Practices; Practice 1 Series: Narrative; Practice 2 Predetermined Path: Regularized Photographing; Practice 3 Distance: Stepping Back; Practice 4 Re-Photography: More Than Comparison; Practice 5 Community; Practice 6 Things Take Time: Time Takes Things; Practice 7 Joining: Combining; Practice 8 Rules: Games, Drifts, Prompts; Practice 9 Many Others: Many Interpretations; Practice 10 Narrative: Writing What You Don’t See; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index

Biography

Anne C Godfrey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Her research examines the complex relationship between photography and landscape. As a photographer and writer, she engages in contemporary multidisciplinary inquires into landscape, perception and design. She is an award-winning educator and researcher.